Celebrating 300 Episodes – The Power of Relationships & Gratitude | RR300

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Hello everyone. I can't believe I'm saying this,

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but welcome to the 300th episode of relationships rule. I can't

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We can't believe we've reached this milestone, and I'm so

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grateful that you're all here. It started back in 2020 March 9,

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was my first episode that aired, and it's been, it's been a fun

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ride all all the way along. I don't know if I ever thought I'd

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get this far, but it just kept going. And I don't think I've

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missed an episode in that entire five years. That's, that's, it's

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almost five years exactly. First I want to say thank you to

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Michelle Abraham. She's the one who encouraged me right from the

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beginning. She said, Janice, you can do this. This would be

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really great for you. I know you would enjoy it. And I kind of

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doubted her at first, but she kept pushing until I finally

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made it happen with her help. And now the team at amplify you.

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Brayden, Lexi Troy and my rock, Aaron, the person who produces

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my podcast every week, they've been there for me all the way

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along, and I thank them all immensely. I've had so many

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amazing guests over the years. Initially, I was scrambling to

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source My next guest each week, until eventually, podcast

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agencies became a thing. Now there are so many podcasts and

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people pitching guests every day, but that's a whole topic in

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itself. I do, though, have some favorites that I want to

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recognize as I've come to appreciate them for sending me

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such amazing people and doing what they really what I think a

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good podcast agency does well in particular, I'd like to shout,

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shout out, first of all, to Diana Carter at interview valet,

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who took the time to get to know me, and who even suggested, one

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time that her boss should be on my podcast. Tom Schwab, and he

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has been now twice. Tom. Tom is the ultimate in podcast

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agencies. He knows what a good guest should be. He makes a good

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one himself, and he's been there all the way along, and he knows

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what it is to be in relationship with someone. So thank you, Tom

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for giving me Diana and for being a wonderful guest as well.

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Thanks to Noemi Barras, also from podcast connections, who

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had to twist my arm to give a particular person a shot, and

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she was right as usual, Noemi did send me this quote to share

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today. Janice is a master at creating meaningful

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conversations that truly connect her curiosity and warmth make

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every guest feel valued, and her expertise in relationship

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marketing shines through in every episode. Relationships

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rule isn't just a podcast, it's a master class in building

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authentic, lasting client connections. Thanks Noemi for

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being one of the good guys. That means a lot to me, and I know I

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can rely on you to vet your clients well and know who to

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match them up with. Truly, Jenny Ortega holds a warm spot in my

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heart also, who once sent me a potential guest, who not only

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was an amazing guest on the show, but also became a client

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of mine, proving what a great matchmaker she is. Scott Gretz

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and I couldn't be more aligned, and here's what Scott said about

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his experience, our shared values and mindset around the

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importance of what of connection and serving others made working

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with Janice seamless and inspiring, whether I was a guest

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on her relationships rule podcast or she was on mine

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referrals done right her passion for helping others build

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authentic connections was evident. Thank you, Scott. A few

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guests have sent congrats, and they really warmed my heart, and

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I wanted to share a couple of them here for you. Sean, why not

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a recent guest? Right after we finished recording, he said to

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me, this was the most authentic interview I have ever had as a

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guest. He said it felt natural and comfortable, and that meant

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a lot, because that's exactly what I tried to have happen with

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my guests. Candy motsek, a fellow podcaster, said, Janice,

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you have such interesting guests. Thanks, candy, that's

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the goal. And Jacob Hicks said, Janice has a real gift for

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asking the right questions and creating a space where genuine,

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valuable conversations can happen. If you're looking for a

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podcast that dives deep into practical strategies while

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keeping things relatable and fun. This is it much

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appreciated, Jacob, I couldn't do without the listeners, of

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course, and when guests become listeners too, that's pretty

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special. Chad Hufford, an upcoming guest, listened to the

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recent episode I did with Jacob Hicks, whom I just mentioned,

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and discovered something that they had in common, and he

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wanted me to connect him to Jacob. Now that's fun. So.

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Chantal Cornelius, who has been on my podcast twice, sent

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congrats and shared her favorite episode with me, episode 249,

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with NJ Shelby. She says, I remember listening to it just

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after I just after I'd been introduced to you. I listened,

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picked up lots of tips, and thought I want to be on Janice's

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podcast too. My favorite part of being on your podcast was seeing

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the photo of you, and as a day, our mutual friend when you met

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up so she could give you a copy of my book. And today, as a

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result of coming on your latest session last week, I've been

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updating my LinkedIn profile, and I even left you a

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recommendation to say, thank you. What's so fun about that is

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Chantal lives in England, and I was introduced to her as someone

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that might like to be on my podcast. Last year, we did a

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podcast episode, and she was delightful. And then she wrote a

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new book. Then she reached out to me again, and I said, I would

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love to have you back. I'd love to see the book. And she said,

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Well, I'm actually going to this event in Costa Rica in December.

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And I said, Oh, I know someone who's going to that. It was put

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on by the Canadian Speakers Association. She took the book

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to Costa Rica, gave it to my friend as a day who brought it

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back to Vancouver for me, and which afforded me a time to

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visit with Azadeh as well, who I'm trying to get on my podcast

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also. And I got the book, and then I had a wonderful time

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speaking with Chantal again. So I love how it goes around and

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around, and how it also can involve other parts of my

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business. This podcast has changed my perspective on so

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many things. Sometimes I thought, why am I doing this? Is

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it helping my business at all? I know it has taken me on a

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wonderful journey of connection with so many amazing people. It

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has helped me build relationships that I wouldn't

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have otherwise had the opportunity to build it has

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helped me spread the word about the power of connection, the

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importance of nurturing relationships and the value of

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curiosity. Relationships do matter, and it's still the core

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message of my podcast and how it really I have to know that that

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resonates with my guests as well, for them to really click

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with me on the podcast, they are the foundation of success.

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Relationships are the foundation of success in business and

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beyond, and I'd like to share one special story about

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relationships and why they matter in the context of my

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podcast, I had always thought Bob Berg would be a wonderful

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guest to have on my podcast. Bob is a Hall of Fame keynote

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speaker on referrals, relationship building and

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genuine influence, and a mentor of mine from afar. His

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international bestseller book, The Go Giver, which dates back

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to, I think, 2007 2008 in which it he advocates shifting our

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focus from getting to giving and constantly providing immense

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value to others. And that book is one of my favorites. I didn't

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know how I was going to reach him, to invite him, because I

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didn't know him personally. And then one day, one of my podcast

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guests, Mark given who had become a friend, mentioned him

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in a conversation we had. He said he knew him. I asked if he

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would introduce us, and he said, of course, the rest is history.

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Bob Berg was my guest on episode 221, and lived up to my

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expectations, even to the follow up piece, even to how he

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promoted my

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episode on his LinkedIn feed and sent me thank you for him being

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a guest. It was so thoughtful and meant such a lot to me.

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Since this podcast is all about relationships, I do want to

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share three powerful rules with you that I've seen make the

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biggest difference in business success. These come from my own

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experiences, my amazing guests, and the lessons I've learned

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along the way. So here goes rule number one, Curiosity is your

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superpower. People love to be seen and heard. Genuine

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curiosity builds deeper connections, ask thoughtful

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questions and really listen. If you are a regular on my

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listening to my podcast, you know that I ask a lot of guests

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what their belief is about curiosity. Is it innate, or is

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it learned? It often catches them off guard, and the results

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seem actually almost like the results you get when flipping a

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coin 100 times. It usually comes out 50% heads and 50% tails.

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It's the same with innate and learned curiosity, although some

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people think it's both. So I guess that does skew the the

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statistics a little bit. I do find that my innate curiosity

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has been my superpower for being a podcast host. I general,

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genuinely want to know more about my guest, and I know

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sometimes that takes me off track, but I go where my

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curiosity takes me, and that has made for some really great

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conversations, and I thank all my guests for cooperating. Rule

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number two, relationships require nurturing, staying in

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touch consistently. Matters. Don't just connect. When you

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need something small, thoughtful gestures like a handwritten note

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card or a phone call or check in message can make a big impact.

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In fact, it can come back in ways you wouldn't expect, like

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this thing that just happened to me. I saw a LinkedIn post a

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couple of months ago from a friend of mine that had a

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picture of two of my online friends and business colleagues,

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Sarah and Bryn, whom I have never met in person, we have

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been on each other's podcasts, and we speak very often. Brynn

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is also a colleague in LinkedIn masterminding, whom I admire and

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adore, and they were meeting for the first time in person, Sarah

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and Bryn. I so wanted to be there too, and I was so jealous

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that I couldn't be so I took the image and I put it on a greeting

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card to send each of them with a personal note that would be a

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photo memory for them. Because, of course, most of our photos

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live in our phones or on our LinkedIn news feed and never get

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anywhere else, so that maybe they would put them in their

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office or even on their fridge, and then I let it go. I sent it

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off. Then last week, I was listening to a podcast that

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Sarah did, interviewing Bryn and lo and behold, if I didn't hear

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them talk about the cards I sent them in discussion about content

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for social and how that piece of content, that picture of the two

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of them, was brynn's favorite content that she had done

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recently that was such fun and so surprise and such a surprise.

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Rule number three, give before you expect to receive. Build

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relationships by offering value. First introduction, support,

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insights. The best business opportunities often come from

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generosity and trust, not transactions. For example, I

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have on several occasions, helped prospects revamp their

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LinkedIn profiles before they bought anything from me.

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Sometimes it's just an insight that I get a intuition piece

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that comes to me that I want to do this for this person, because

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I know it's the right time to do it. I want to give value. I want

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to show they can trust show them they can trust me. And it almost

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always pays off with referrals or future business. Now it's

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important to come to know that it comes from the heart with no

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hidden agenda and definitely no expectations. It just is one of

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those things, the law of reciprocity happens. So these

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are the three rules that have shaped my business, my

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relationships and even this podcast, every guest I've had on

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relationships rule has reinforced these ideas in some

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way, and I hope they resonate with you too. I recently went to

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see some of my podcast stats and milestones, and I thought it'd

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be kind of fun to share before I end this episode. Over a period

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of I think one month, I had 5200 unique listeners, 15,000 plus

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downloads, and over 1000 downloads in that last 90 days.

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I guess this is proof that relationship based business

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strategies resonate with people and meaningful conversations

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matter. I do remember Michelle Abraham, whom I mentioned at the

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beginning, saying to me, don't worry about the downloads, don't

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worry about the number of people that are following your podcast.

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Just focus on what you want to share with people, and the rest

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will follow. And I think she's right, because the audience that

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you have are your people, and I do appreciate that. Do

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appreciate all of you so much. I guess people want to know what's

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next for the podcast, and I have to say, I think I'm just going

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to do more of the same unless I hear otherwise. So I do invite

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you to share what you love and what you'd like to hear more of

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in future episodes. I want to thank the people who

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participated when I asked for your input for my 300th episode,

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and watch your mailbox in the next little while for some

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reward for doing that. And I would love it anytime you hear

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podcast episodes you like, please leave a. View, share the

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episode, or and, or send a message to me about what that

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podcast has meant to you. I love all of that and appreciate it

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all, so I guess let's raise our glasses and I'll toast to the

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next 300 episodes of relationships rule and remember

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to stay connected and be remembered.